Love Served On A Plate
In one of his greatest hits Is this Loveħ, Bob Marley ponders the question all humans ask themselves: is this love that I'm feeling? Love is one of the greatest emotions humans experience, but sometimes humans find it difficult to tell the difference between lust and love. Loving someone involves more than the physical attraction between two people that will distort and fade as time passes. Love suffers, love endures, and love conquers. True love exists after the courting has passed, after the honeymoon has passed, after the children are born, after all the bad and good is said: love is still there. Both My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing like The Sunħ by William Shakespeare and The Bean Eatersħ by Gwendolyn Brooks are poems that explore the nature of love. William Shakespeare presents a limited form of love that emphasizes a sexual, masculine, and physical attraction; whereas Gwendolyn Brooks honors comfort, equality, and lasting love in a relationship. William Shakespeare creates an elaborate description of a woman by using concrete language, which, appeals to the reader's senses. Even though he utilizes this structure to make fun of the extreme wording employed to praise women, he remains focused o
(8-13)The words used do not rhyme in a soothing manner, but are short and cacophonous. By repeating theyħ the author clearly states to the reader that this couple had been together from the start and will work together till their death. Ironically, the author claims to love her by comparing her to nature, but states she does not posses nature's beautiful attributes. Interestingly the author even combines the words white and breasts, each sending a different message to the reader. Both poems My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sunħ, by William Shakespeare, and The Bean Eatersħ, by Gwendolyn Brooks attach two different meanings to LOVE. These words remind the reader of chimes outside their door on a slightly breezy day. The author gracefully glides through her words and ideas. Brooks uses the word plainħ a couple of times to describe their chipware and flatware. They constantly remember because they constantly endure. She uses soft sounding consonant sounds such as, tinklings and twingesħ. Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun' I have seen roses damasked red and white, But no such roses damasked in her cheeks; (2,3,5,6)These colors represent males' contrasting views on how a woman should carry herself. The author replicates the structure used to praise a woman but distorts the concept to humorously praise a woman's physical flaws. Shakespeare gives importance to physical attributes from a male's perspective. By Shakespeare over-emphasizing beauty, he invites the reader to accept love as a temporary emotion.
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